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Full Metal Panic Addiction

I am utterly and completely entranced by Shouji Gatou’s Full Metal Panic Series. And to think that I can count on both hands the mecha anime I’ve liked, Full Metal Panic (FMP) is above and beyond all my exceptions and criteria for great anime viewing! Pardon the fangirl rant inserts you’ll be finding in this post but I want to scream it out in the world, Sousoke Sagara is so freaking HOT!

FMP or furumetaru panikku is a series of light science novels by Shouji Gatou and is blend of mecha action, comedy and dare I say it, romance at its best. The novels are still ongoing, 9 at the last count and fans at are their wits end hoping to have the translated copies of Burning One Man Force and Tsudou Make My Day. Tsudou Make My Day is also FMP’s latest novel but only one chapter is being released every month in Japan’s Dragon Magazine. The manga/novel is waaaaaaaaaaay (insert more a’s) ahead of the FMP anime and OVAs.

1. The Guy I Kinda Like is a Sergeant

2. I Want to Protect You

3. Lingerie Panic

4. Kidnap

5. Whispered

6. Still Alive

7. Boy Meets Girl

8. Part Time Steady

9. Dangerous Safe House

10. Run Running Run

11. Behemoth Awakening

12. One Night Stand

13. A Cat and Kitten’s Rock and Roll

14. Is Narashino Burning?

15. The Wind Blows at Home Part 1

16. The Wind Blows at Home Part 2

17. The Wind Blows at Home Part 3

18. Deep Sea Party

19. Engaging Six and Seven

20. Venom’s Flare

21. Deep Trap

22. Jack in the Box

23. Field of Giants

24. Into the Blue

The 24 episodes covered the first three novels. FMP Fumuffo came out in 2003 but it was mostly based on the short stories and focused mainly on the characters’ high school life.

1. The Man From The South A Hostage With No Compromises

2. Hostility Passing-By A Fruitless Lunchtime

3. Summer Illusion of Steel

4. The Hamburger Hill Of Art Single-Minded Stakeout

5. The Pure Yet Impure Grappler Trespassing On Good Faith

6. The Hard Sell Fetish The Patient Of Darkness

7. The War Cry of Excessiveness

8. A Goddess Comes To Japan (Part 1: The Suffering)

9. A Goddess Comes To Japan (Part 1: The Hot Spring)

10. A Fancy Without Honor or Humanity

11. Uncontrollable Blue Bird

12. 5th Period’s Hot Spot

The last animated FMP was The Second Raid (TSR) and it dived back into the story as it covered the events of the two Ending Day by Day novels. Full Metal Panic! TSR pre-festival: night of the light novel

1. Ending Day by Day

2. Scenes Underwater

3. The Dungeon and the Dragon

4. Daylight

5. Lovely Sicilia

6. Edge of Heaven

7. Left Behind

8. Jungle Groove

9. Her Issues

10. The Two HongKongs

11. His Issues

12. Burning Hongkong

13. Continuing Days OVA. The Battle Commander’s Sort of Boring Day

Since then, three other novels have been released and the fourth is currently ongoing. Dancing Very Merry Christmas follows after TSR’s events, Continuing On My Own (COMO), Burning One Man Force (BOMF) and Tsudou Make My Day (TMMD) continue the trails and tribulations of Sgt. Sousuke Sagara as he fights to protect Kaname Chidori. *insert fangirl squeeing*

While at first glance, FMP seems to a war/mecha anime with battle scenes galore, I was riveted by the amazing character development and intricate storyline. While history was changed in the story, at the heart of all the conflict is human resilience and determination.

The story begins when Mithril, an anti-terrorist military organization sends Sgt. Sousuke Sagara to Tokyo to protect Kaname Chidori from the KGB. Reasons for the added security was unnamed and before long, Sousuke is now tasked to go undercover as a high school student because of his young age (16-17) and keep an eye on Kaname. Sgt Kurz Weber and Sgt Melissa Mao join in his mission but the team have left their guard down considerably when Kaname continues to live her normal high school life, albeit a bit more exciting after Sousuke’s fumbling and socially inept efforts to protect her which resulted in humorous situations.

The story picks up when terrorists hijack Kaname’s plane during a school trip with only Sousuke around to save her. Kaname is now thrust in the middle of a war as she discovers that she is one of the “Whispered”, a Manhattan type project group of super intellects who are the bringers of Black technology– they have the ability to create impossibly powerful weapons of war that trascend or go against the laws of science. Examples of Black technology is the AI of ARX 7, Arm Slaves, TDD-1, Lambda Driver, and even the ECS.

Kaname now finds herself in the middle of a war and a powerful pawn in a battle for peace and supremacy. The KGB and the new enemy, the Amalgam will stop at nothing to get her and her abilities. And in the heat of battle, she finds herself falling in love with Sousuke, will there be a happy ending in the Full Metal world? Or will it be another cliche ending where love is sacrificed to save the lives of others? *author wails at the prospect*

Spoilers on the novels though, Sousuke and Chidori have come a loooooong (add more o’s) way after TSR. Again, SPOILER ALERT HERE! Don’t read if you want to be spoiled when it gets animated! While fans who’ve only seen the anime version are still hotly debating over the love triangle of Kaname x Sousuke x Tessa, the novel has officially stated Kaname and Sousuke’s feelings for each other! Yes, Sousuke likes Kaname back! In fact, they even hold hands!

But the confession was short-lived as Kaname gives herself over to Leonardo in order to save Sousuke’s life and spare the lives of other innocents who got caught in the crossfire of Amalgam’s all out attack on Mithril. The ARX 7 was destroyed, Mithril’s headquarters decimated and Tessa and the TDD barely escaped from Amalgam’s annihilation. Mithril suffered heavy losses and casualties and Sousuke was severely injured from his fight with Leonardo as well. These spoilers are from the novel, Continuing On My Own (COMO).

Here now are my favorite characters in the series. *rabid fangirl mode on* Who can not love Sousuke Sagara and Kaname Chidori? The first novel dubbed them, Fighting Boy Meets Girl and I’m praying to God that they don’t just meet to fall in love and grow from it but to actually fall in love and live together happily ever after. I did this profile with the two of them entwined because their character development grows side by side.

Sousuke Sagara is a fighting boy in every sense of the word. At his young age, he’s a sergeant of the anti-terrorist group Mithril and he has already been through several wars. He describes himself as a specialist because not only is he an extremely capable Arm Slave pilot, he also specializes in Arm Slave operations and maintenance, improvised explosives, small arms, survival training, anti-armor combat, trap setting and camouflage. Additionally, he is proficient in logistics, demolitions, breach and forced entry, covert intrusion, and hand to hand combat. He also has a deep background as a guerilla fighter. His social skills on the other hand is simply horrendous. Because of his military training, he is very stiff and formal and is paranoid to the extremes. Kaname corrects his paranoid and over the top military behavior by hitting him with a harisen (paper fan).

Kaname Chidori on the other hand was a normal high school student. Although she lives alone, she’s considered to be a school idol despite her tough class leader attitude. She’s extremely beautiful and Kurz even takes to calling her “angel” before her tomboyish attitude breaks the pretty face routine. She’s extremely athletic and popular in school and she also gets good grades. But when her abilitities as a Whispered were finally triggered, she had to tone it down by controlling her answers during her exams. Her father works in the UN and she has a sister named Ayame. Her mother is deceased.

More spoiler updates, character info and pictures on the next update!!!

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oh god!! me too!!! me too!! i just can’t get enuff of Sousuke-his dead pan xpression but it is obvious that his heart goes out to Chidori..when i first watch FMP:TSR the scene when Sousuke asks Tessa that she can rely on him, i was disappointed bcoz i thought there was sth goin on there..but when i read the novel translation, i was really happy becoz it was not like that after all. It was Sousuke as a friend. It made my day. Oh, and i’ve read COMO too!! so sad! I hope more translation is comin (so does the anime!!)

omg omg i just love this! i looked everywhere for information how the story continues and i have trouble getting my hands on the book, because they’re not available in germany… only the manga 1st season… and i only watched the anime aaah!
so i’m very thankful u cleared that up for me! i’m happy they love each other, grr i wanna kick leonard’s ass! kanameXSousuke!

I think everyone want’s to know how it continues, the guys at Boku-tachi should really start to translate. By the way does anyone know where to find the first three novels? If you ask me the novel version easily beats the manga, and even the anime in a tiny bit.

Most groups like boku-tachi that were doing translations have backed off because of copyrights. They trust that because the rights were bought to release it in a certain language, that the company will want to see it’s investment through to completion. And really, if the fans were doing a decent job, to hire a good translator and still as a company see a return from your profits shouldn’t be too difficult – as long as we the fans continue to support the official versions.

The novels are also growing on me. I am a huge fan of the anime, but I think that we see more growth and depth to Sousuke in the novels than they ever get across in the anime. It makes me even more crazy that I don’t have the entire story!!!!! But I do adore the voice actor’s work, and the expressions that they’ve given the characters. And I prefer the character design of the anime.

the link you gave ends up as a bad request. i too am looking for the FMP novels T_T. Personally i think that Kyoto animation is going animate the rest of FMP after they are done remaking anime that other studios screwed up on. *cough* Kanon *cough*. So basically its just a matter of when as opposed to if.

I love the novels. I, like everyone else, am dying to see what happens in the next novel.

However Boku-tachi doesn’t have the first 3 novels. Do you know where I can find the tranlated versions online. I haven’t got the chance to read the first 3 yet. So if you could point me in the right direction that would be great.

OMG… PLEASE TELL ME THEY ARE GOING TO ANIMATE A FOURTH SEASON… LIKE GOOD LORD… If they don’t I’ll freaking die.

I want some conclusion to the whole Leonard thing, and I want more SousukexChidori. But then again… who doesn’t?? XD

OMG… So wait… you can get the novels online at Boku-tachi? But can u actually buy them in print from somewhere?????

*ACK* What is Kyoto Animation working on currently anyway that they can’t get a move on the next season? Haha those busy bodies…
Maybe they are waiting for confirmation that the next novle is almost done, and they are planning on making it a longer season or something. *shrugs*

FMP is easily one of my all-time favorite anime titles. i knew i was gonna love it about 5 minutes into ep. 1. FMP fumoffo — although essentially a side story — was way even better. TSR’s no-nonsense and serious approach even hooked me in deeper. the OVA, which mostly centered on tessa, was basically okay. i’ve watched FMP, fumoffo, and TSR perhaps 4 or 5 times already and i’ll probably watch them again a few months from now :)

Well If Those Guy’s stalling in the production of the anime series we are all waiting for doesen’t get on it soon, well I’m gonna tell them in person if I ever get a chance. And I know enough Nihon-go to tell them I’m serious About it. (BTW I’m Swedish! :P )

Well I guess I should refrain from cursing if I’m to speak to them, I mean they have delivered the best series EVER!

But I Would have them give us something for waiting so long.

Anyway I Trust In Them To Continoue With Their Awesome Work For Years To come.

So just to be clear, and still curious do you think that season 4 after secound raid is gunna be made? anime version? that would be soo great because so many unanswered questions! i WANT FMP *Starts chanting*

Hello all!
This were the best anime novels what I have ever seen. I have already watched 3 seasons and I don’t know is there more.
Is there only 3 seasons of full metal panic (ANIME)?
I would really like to know if there is 4. season.
Please mail me if you have any answers to my questions. :)

HI GUYS. i have a question. I’m extremely confused about these novels. Is it like manga…where there are pictures…or is it just like a BOOK where there’s just words. GAHHHHH i know i must sound idiotic asking these questions..but it’s bothering me A LOT. iiiis full metal panic sigma like the manga version of the novels. or are novels actually mangas? or VUAT. LOLLL my head hurts.

Thanks to Annya for the invite to get COMO and DVMC from her!! Also, about the anime, I got the complete English subbed episodes of FMP and FMP Fumoffu on Veoh.com. But you just want to watch it online, try Anime Crunch. They have a LOT of anime, and they have all three seasons of FMP on their list.

Anyone knows where I can read or get Burning One Man Force???Las time I checked some people were translating it, did they finish?? please!?!?! It seems i’ve waited for it like forever…I want to know what happens!!

Hi there! The FMP novels are available on Amazon for about £2! Definitely a good investment. I’ve recently read the first 2 novels and the first 5 manga, and as far as I can tell the anime seems to be very close to the novels. However, the manga seems to cover the first anime series interspersed with chapters from Fumoffu. I get nearly all of my anime/mana from Amazon.co.uk, £2 a book and it gets delivered to your door.
On a side note, support Dattebayo Fansubs! Download their quality torrents instead of streaming websites!

there are three seasons of FMP that have been created, Full Metal Panic, Fumoffu, and The Second Raid. All are currently out on DVD and some are even under $30 at amazon.

There are about 9 volumes of manga out in the US.

All of the FMP novels have been written (and not published, but are licensed in the US) except for the last one, which the last I heard has not even been started yet. The first two have been released, the third novel will be released in the US soon. The company doing the translation of the books is going to s l o w l y release all of them.

Translations can be found on streaming sites, but only up to Continuing on My Own.

Umm just a warning, if i were you i wouldn’t start on BOMF currently the scanlator had a crisis where he lost all of his materials (BOMF book, translation notes etc.) and now he has as far as i know stopped translating em, it sucks (especially since i read the chapter 3.b teaser)

I am so glad to have found a group of people that are also head over heels with FMP. I have recently been introduced to the novels and so far have read end of day by day, dancing very merry christmas and now reading continuing on my own.these are the ones i found accidentaly on the net.I have tried but to no avail search for FMP novels in boku-tachi.net. I think they took it down because english translations/novels are now available and they could get sued…but PLEASE for the life of me does anyone know what’s gonna happen next? *SPIOLER i just know eventually Souske’s gonna lose Kaname and another girl is introduced as i read only a review of the novel Burning one force..as much as i would just not eat and spend my money to buy the novels, they are not available in our country!!!! anyone please help!!

im looking forward to reading or watching this, get together and make my day and approaching nick of time series. I really love full metal panic.. Im an addict to it.. im looking for some infos for get together and make my day and approaching nick of time series.

I, also am utterly obsessed with this series and although i have read all but the last 3 novels so far and i was wondering if the anime series is ongoing as well as the novels? i like to read and also watch and see the differences and the action in the anime.

Hello, I am big fan od FMP and I beg you all, of someone has Burning One Man Force, pleasa, give me the link, write to me: Necromage@interia.pl, or tell me to write to you. I am looking for it in Internet and I can not find it. Pleasa, help me if someone can……. :(

Does anyone know where I can read the english translated version of the last two novels of Full Metal Panic entitled Come Make My Day (つどうメイク・マイ・デイ) and Approaching Nick of Time (せまるニック・オブ・タイム) ? I was informed it had been released since March 2007 and February 2008 respectively. I’m also an FMP fan and it would really make my day if you could help me… Thank you!^__^ Here’s my email: sixgamestolove@yahoo.com

Now that I seen all of FMP series. I was kind of disappointed that Sousuke blew it on TSR OVA. I really like Sousuke x Tessa. I don’t understand why he doesn’t get it? When another season of FMP shows up, Sousuke better get several smarter on social life than he was before and hopefully that he’ll apologize to Tessa about the misunderstanding before he took off into Japan and she’ll forgive him. I have to admit that I am a fan of Sousuke and Tessa pairing. I’m quite glad that Tessa flip over after Sousuke refer her as “Tessa”. When the new season of Full Metal Panic shows up, then Sousuke and Tessa will confess how they feel about each other and ends up as a happy couple.

Oh god for the love god will someone please for the love of god show me were to get the translations for FMP light novels, seriously im going to explode if i dont get to read them. Iv tried all the links above but they dont work so please is there anything you guys can suggest???

If somebody is interested, here(http://ultimatekane99.livejournal.com/) is the translations of many FMP novels, even 3 chapters of Burning One Man Force. Its impossible to find them on russian, so its time to make better my English, he-he :(

i freakin luv FMP! one of ma fave animez ever… im going to be reading the light novels and manga soon…. but Kyoto Animation better hurry up and make a 4th season already lol they have alot of source material to work with, plus i’ve been waitin for ages , hopefully theyll come thru…

as far as I know IVAN, there is ZERO news regarding a fourth season of FMP… the studio that worked on the 2nd and 3rd seasons (Kyoto) are currently airing the 2nd Season of Haruhi… I have no idea what their future plans are, however, it is only logical for them to consider working on the follow up season since the anime seasons released thus far, only cover a portion of the original source material (the light novels), they have the potential to release several seasons if they so chose, IMO, it’s been 4 years since TSR… but all we can do is hope for the best…

Kyoani is supposably waiting until after the final novel in the light novel series is finished before producing the forth and final season of FMP anime, otherwise they would have to split it up into a forth and fifth season.Since it will likely be a 24+ episode stinit, they might break it up into two 12 or 13 episode seasons.Only time will tell.Now that FMP has had it’s film rights purchased by Mandalay Films, another season of FMP anime is assured.Only question remaining is when Kyoani will begin working on it.With the final chapter of the manga now in production, Kyoani might already have begun preproduction as far as anyone knows.

i seriously don’t get it i wanna read the FMP novels soooooooooo bad but i cant seem 2 find them anywhere online in english. i heard that the novel continuing on my own is when leonard defeats sousuke and the arbalest and then he kidnaps kaname.is that true? oh and i also heard that the novels have been released recently have they been released in english?i seriously want 2 read them and almost every website i go 2 doesnt have it i tried the boku-tachi website and it didnt work.so i was just wondering where i can buy the manga/novels in english wether its in a store or online.if any body has a valid website so i can read the novels please email me @setsuka1994@yahoo.com id b so thankful if you did!!!!
^_^

Hi!!! hey I’ve been a huge fan of FMP since a long time ago and I took a break from reading the novels because of college but now I can’t seem to find the novels after COMO (burning one man force, come make my day, approaching nick of time) so if anyone knows where I can find them I would appreciate it a LOT!!

I want to read the novels…..does anyone know if I can go to a local Borders or Barnes and Nobles here in the U.S. and buy the English translated versions?I am dying to read them,I haven’t even started yet:(

barnes and noble and borders both do carry the novels, its just a matter of walking in and being lucky enough to have it sitting on the shelf.
just take in the ISBN numbers of the books you want and walk up to customer service. you can order books they don’t have in stock and they will call you when they get them in. its an easier way of ordering them off line, only you don’t need to pay shipping if you spend under X amount at once. keep in mind though that they will only reserve them for you for about three days, then your lovely book will be going on the shelves with all the other books they sell. and, lets face it, someone else who was looking just as hard as you were might see it and realize their greatest wish just came true. so make sure you go in and get it when your supposed to, else some other fanatic will be snatching up your hard earned novels!
oh and just FYI the ISBN#’s are:
Book 1: Fighting Boy Meets Girl – 1427802432
Book 2: One Night Stand – 1427802440
Book 3: Into The Blue – 1427802459

hi there! me and my siblings really love it too! we first saw this as anime but i hope i could fine the novels so that i could read it too.. huhu… i love sousuke sagara kun! and of course kaname chidori also…

hey its really gr8 2 see so many other FMP fans out here and can i ask if anyone has the link to the translated novel for Dancing A Very Merry Christmas?? i’ve been searching and searching, only to no avail, so i would REALLY appreciate it if you would give me the link to my email!!

Dunno if anyone will know, have the last of the novels been translated into English yet, and if so, is there anywhere online that you can read them. I’m in South Africa, and you can not find them, anywhere. Shipping gets stolen so i can’t order them online either. If you know, PLS HELP!! thanks so much <3
my email is i_am_amie@yahoo.com let me know if u know <3

Hi, everybody! ))) I’ll start from telling you that I’m a FMP fan, too )))))
So, does anybody have bought the first three books in English? Please, share the scans!!!!!!!!
………and I have translations in English and Russian ))) and, of course Japaneese )))))))))))

hi everyone…soooooooo glad ive found this site and able to see FMP die hard fans like me.im also crazy bout this anime!i looooooooove FMP!!! i love sousukexkaname couple!!!I have watch FMP,FUMMOFUU,TSR and also the OVA.I just started reading Sigma and cant w8 till next chapter…the latest that ive read is Ch.47,as i read from Ch44..its like the clock stops and im in their world…hahah…Kaname say’s I love you and Souske replied: “ME TOO!” –It made my day..though this is not what ive expect he’d say (maybe, I LOVE YOU TOO, Chidori would be better :) but nonetheless..It is still wonderful they’ve had those conversation even they’re far away with each other!Ive also wanted to buy the light novel book and thanks ive had references from this forum…